cadet corps
Military youth organization
A cadet corps is an organized group of young people receiving military-style training, typically affiliated with schools, universities, or armed forces branches.
Members learn discipline, leadership, and basic military skills without committing to military service: She joined the cadet corps in high school.
The training often includes drill, physical fitness, and community service.
- drillHole-boring device
- standing at attentionFormal upright military stance
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- honor codesFormal integrity agreements
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
chain of command · officer training · junior ROTC · platoon · mentorship · formation · barracks · command · citizenship · physical fitness · rank · class rank · color guard · marching band · hierarchy · regiment · military academy · patriotism
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- youth organizationsBoy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, Cub Scouts, 4-H Club
- Cadetsnaval cadets, army cadets, midshipman, midshipmen, plebe
- military academiesmilitary academy, Annapolis, Sandhurst, cadets, VMI
- military cadetscadets, plebes, plebe, midshipmen, JROTC
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, training manual, combat drills, drilling
cadet corpsregular army
Nation's permanent military force
enlisted soldiers · enlisted personnel · combat troops · standing army · commissioned officers
cadet corpssenior officers
Upper-echelon military leadership
military brass · decorated veterans · old guard · general staff · war heroes